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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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I mean, you've described what sounds, to me, like some...pretty formulaic play? I don't know about you, but having things boil down to...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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For my home game, I use Dungeon World for an Arabian Nights-inspired experience. I've made some (very minor) tweaks to a few things over...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Notice I said "stiffed" rather than "stifled". That is, from my perspective, the GM screwed the player over, and thus they had to do...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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But it very much does preserve the status quo. "Nothing happens" IS preserving the status quo. That's what it means! "Status quo"...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Of course, the real situation in most cases is that things are way more complicated than the "good gaming"/"bad gaming" binary. E.g...
Jun 28, 2025
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In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D.
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I play in public. People don't laugh. They frequently ask what we're doing. Some even watch a full session. I speak about D&D in a very...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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What I described is accurate for the overwhelming majority of games played. Your game might be different. I'll note that in several...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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.... Lanefan did! Lanefan said these things. As noted, he was the one who insisted nothing else was known. I repeatedly noted that...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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i have to at least agree with @EzekielRaiden point with this particular bit, just using the spells you already know how to cast, no...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Which reads quite plainly to me as a pretty passive player being corralled into doing something incredibly stupid, specifically because...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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You have never, not once, in any way shape or form, expressed anything other than this door and its impossibility. The players must now...
Jun 28, 2025
EzekielRaiden
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Except it isn't. Going to the bathroom has no mechanical effect, nor is it a retrocausal explanation which has been expressly forbidden...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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You have already expressly said that 1 is true: they simply cannot pick the lock, that is the one and only fact established by their...
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Had the player not asked about the farrier, because of their hope, it would not have come up and you would not have narrated the farrier.
Jun 28, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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That was the game I was speaking about when you replied to me. I'm afraid I'm not going to spin on a dime to "generic TTRPG" or...
Jun 28, 2025
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